The Life and Death of Alan Turing

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Dear Woodger, Unfortunately Wilkinson & I have both arranged to go on leave just this moment when you are coming back. I expect you can keep yourself fairly busy though. You could:

1) Do ROOT, OUTPUT

2) Try and help other people in Division doing ACE jobs.

3) Read the folder

4) Read some good book

5) Relax

I hope you really are all right. It is a shame to have you come back and find the place deserted. You might be wise to have a relapse for a week.

Yours,

Alan Turing.

Alan Turing in a note adressed to his first assistent at NPL, Mike Woodger. (via freewomenxgrape)

Love Alan Turing’s letters… One thing I think The Imitation Game got wrong was his sense of humor, warmth, and close friendships. Many people have spoken about him fondly, and his letters are usually full of charm and little jokes.

It’s been a couple of months since The Imitation Game hit consumes in the UK and now it’s in the US!!

We have a campaign in the UK here to have Turing’s life and work more widely known in schools.

If we can affect change in the Uk then it might spread to America – so even if you’re not British…

Absolutely agree that Alan Turing’s story needs to be taught in schools. I’ve even had people in the tech industry who know about his contributions admit they had no idea about the details of his life or death. It’s a story that needs to be told!